Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Blender


RPG Maker is described as 'Create 2D top-down role-playing games using map, tile and sprite editors, traditional JRPG mechanics, character and dialog tools, and custom scripting support' and is a popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to RPG Maker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best RPG Maker alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RPG Maker are GDevelop, Scratch, GB Studio and GABE.


A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. Free and Open Source Forever!


RPG in a Box is designed to be a set of tools for easily creating 3D grid-based, voxel-style role-playing and adventure games—everything you will need for building and sharing your own game, all packaged together in a box, so to speak!




Banquise is a global community of players and creators. Create any games or other interactive content in no-code and share it with the whole community.



Solarus is a free and open-source Action-RPG game engine, licensed under GPL v3, and written in C++. It runs quests in Lua, and can work on a great number of platforms. Solarus also features a game editor and a game launcher.




Xogot brings the full power of the Godot game engine to iPad. With a native iPad experience designed for touch, you can create, test, and share games wherever inspiration strikes.




cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.




Adventure Game Studio (AGS) - is the IDE and the engine meant for creating and running videogames of adventure (aka "quest") genre. It has potential, although limited, support for other genres as well.




Bring your game ideas and concepts to life with 001 Game Creator, which gives you the power to create a variety of game genres. With simple point-and-click scripting, and high customisability of characters, monsters, items and magic, you can make anything possible.




Urho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.




Pixel Game Maker MV allows you to build up your own action game with no programming knowledge necessary. This engine was designed with the idea of giving a voice to people's passions, allowing them to freely express the game that they have held in their hearts.




Stencyl isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow and then gets out of the way. We take care of the essentials, so you can focus on what's important - making your game yours.


